Mucking up: A timeline of end-of-school incidents in Victoria

Compiled by Michelle Stillman

October 20, 1999 Portable classrooms were destroyed in a fire at the Northcote Secondary College. Police said a group of 150 teenagers, many not students of the school, were inside the school without permission.

October 21, 1999 An end-of-year "muck-up night" got out of control when one teenager was stabbed and another bashed after a fight broke out between a large group of youths outside the Lalor Secondary College.

October 21, 1999 In Rosanna, 10 VCE students from Viewbank Secondary College were admitted to hospital with first degree chemical burns after a student mistakenly used caustic soda instead of flour for a prank.

October 22, 1999 A teenager died and two of his friends were injured within a minute of driving from an ill-fated VCE celebration. Alcohol is understood to have been a factor in the horror road smash that claimed the life of Langwarrin student Brett Allen, 18. Brett was a back-seat passenger in a VN Holden Commodore that slammed into an embankment after tearing through a T-intersection at Langwarrin.The vehicle's L-plate driver, Ryan Sannen, who turned 18 just 10 days before, and Ryan Corteling, 17, were also injured.

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October 24, 2002 Year 12 students at Moreland City College in Coburg smashed windows and sprayed graffiti on seven minibuses in a one-night spree of destruction. The Moreland students attacked the buses in a parking area shared with charity groups. Two of the school's own vehicles were badly damaged and smeared with profanities. Three Yooralla Society buses were vandalised, leaving the charity with a $10,000 repair bill. Every window on one of the specially modified vehicles was smashed.

October 24, 2002 Hampton Park Secondary College calls in security guards after vandals strike three nights in a row, smashing windows and tipping paint on to floors.

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October 25, 2002 A group of pranksters hoist a hostage sheep onto a school library roof. The six Bendigo Senior Secondary College students were blasted by the RSPCA for their actions. The sheep was lifted on to the roof with the aid of a harness during recess and tethered to an airconditioning unit. It was rescued by teachers.

October 24, 2003 RSPCA investigates claims that students at a Catholic secondary school stabbed and mutilated a live chicken as part of VCE "muck-up-day" festivities. Parade College, an all-boys' school in Bundoora, was investigated over allegations of animal cruelty.

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October 24, 2003 The terrified principal at Werribee Secondary College called police when two carloads of youths arrived at the school with balaclavas over their faces and waving baseball bats. Three police cars were dispatched amid fears students and teachers were under threat.

October 21, 2004 Two Ballarat Grammar School students were charged over a muck-up day break-in at a local high school. Police alleged the 18-year-olds broke into Ballarat High School, stolen property and smashed a vending machine.

October 21, 2004 A year 12 student at Brauer College sprayed fellow students with a water pistol carrying battery fluid residue on muck-up day. The boy told students at the Warrnambool school the water pistol had been filled with battery fluid the night before. Nobody was injured and no property was damaged -- but the youth has been ordered to do community service work at his school as punishment.

October 21, 2004 Police and nine security staff were called to stop students' alcohol-fuelled "muck-up day" rampage at Tarneit's Thomas Carr College, near Hopper's Crossing. While security staff were protecting the school, the students kicked dents into their cars, smashed windows and let down tyres.

October 22, 2004 Rowville Secondary College Year 12 students impersonated their vice-principal to arrange for a $850 finger-food buffet to be delivered to their school. Mini pizzas, quiches, sausage rolls and chinese pastries were on the menu requested by the students. But when the caterer arrived at the school -- after rising at 5am to prepare the feast -- he was met by puzzled school staff with no knowledge of the order.

October 19, 2005 In Oakleigh, a gang of balaclava-clad students invaded schools, trashed grounds and pelted younger children with eggs in a wild end-of-school spree. The youths, including some who did not wear balaclavas, were caught on camera.

October 20, 2005 Commuters were terrified when a group of students dressed as Muslim terrorists carried a fake gun through a Melbourne train station. A group of students on muck-up day were said to be behind the prank. The four students were dressed in long white robes, and black headgear with one carrying what was believed to be a replica gun.

October 20, 2005 A student dressed up for muck-up day triggered a police search after walking down the street in a balaclava and carrying a toy gun. Frightened residents called 000 to report a gunman "on the loose" yesterday morning in Kings Park. Police conducted a frantic search for the so-called armed offender. Schools were also warned of the threat, with some locking gates.

October 24, 2007 Yarra Trams spokesman Colin Tyrus said there were no reports of misbehaviour - other than two gorillas and a Fred Flintstone character who were seen boarding the number 59 tram, and a B1 banana spotted waiting at another tram stop. "We were just hoping that the banana didn't board the same tram as the gorillas," Mr Tyrus said.

October 24, 2007 Police investigate allegations that egg-throwing students from a nearby school descended on Toorak's Loreto Mandeville Hall a week earlier. The students ran into the school grounds at lunch time with their school jumpers tied around their heads, throwing eggs at Mandeville students. One member of the group could face charges of trespass and assault after allegedly abusing a staff member